·vt To send out with a charge or commission.
II. Commission ·noun The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.
III. Commission ·noun The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.
IV. Commission ·noun The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
V. Commission ·noun The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city.
VI. Commission ·noun A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.
VII. Commission ·noun The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of Perpetrating.
VIII. Commission ·noun A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.
IX. Commission ·noun A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.
X. Commission ·noun The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. ·see Del credere.
XI. Commission ·vt To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an Officer.